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Seafloor
Contributed by: Booker
(Original author: Alvarado)
  • 1. The two types of crust are _________________________ and _________________________.
A) land, pangaea
B) oceanic, land
C) oceanic, continental
D) continental, volcanic
E) oceanic, volcanic
  • 2. Iceland, the Samoan Islands, and Hawaii are examples of landforms created by ____________________________.
A) a subduction zone
B) a ring of fire
C) a divergent zone
D) a hot spot
E) a convergent zone
  • 3. At mid-ocean ridges, new ____________________________ crust is created.
A) continental
B) transform
C) convergent
D) volcanic
E) oceanic
  • 4. Seafloor spreading is a process that creates new ________________________ crust.
A) volcanic
B) oceanic
C) convergent
D) continental
E) transform
  • 5. The _________________________ Islands are located in the middle of the Pacific plate.
A) Hawaiian
B) Icelandic
C) Ring
D) Samoan
E) Australian
  • 6. Convection currents in our Earth's mantle drives the process that moves our __________________________.
A) clouds
B) oceans
C) crusts
D) volcanoes
E) mountains
  • 7. The largest and most powerful mountains and volcanoes are located _____________________________.
A) on the surface
B) on Iceland
C) above surface
D) underwater
E) on Australia
  • 8. Areas where continental and oceanic plates converge are also said to be _____________________________.
A) Australian zones
B) Icelandic zones
C) subduction zones
D) mid-atlantic zones
E) mid-pacific zones
  • 9. Between oceanic and continental crusts, the ___________________ crust is more dense.
A) transform
B) oceanic
C) divergent
D) continental
E) convergent
  • 10. The rate of seafloor spreading is approximately ______________ every 10 years.
A) 30 cm
B) 30 meters
C) 3 cm
D) 3 inches
E) 30 inches
  • 11. As the ocean seafloor spreads, the newly formed floor will adapt a specific magnetic signature according to the Earth's magnetic pole at that time. As years pass, lateral segments of seafloor will thus share the same _____________________ signature on either side of the mid-oceanic ridge.
A) zubductive
B) magnetic
C) divergent
D) convergent
E) volcanic
  • 12. In seafloor spreading, the further the ocean floor is away from the mid-ocean ridge, the _____________________ that floor will be.
A) newer
B) rockier
C) older
D) prettier
E) younger
  • 13. Iceland is located in the middle of _______________________________________________________________.
A) the mid-Atlantic ridge
B) the mid-Caribbean ridge
C) the mid-Pacific ridge
D) the mid-convergent ridge
E) the mid-Australian ridge
  • 14. In an island chain such as Hawaii, volcanic islands further away from the hot spot will tend to be ________________________.
A) older
B) younger
C) prettier
D) newer
E) rockier
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